Last-Minute Cyber Monday 2018 Travel Deals

Black Friday is so last week, although some of the best travel deals are on-going. Cyber Monday, the largest online shopping day ever with $7.8 billion in sales, is what’s happening now. A whole new set of travel vistas are open from the comfort of your computer screen, with these last-minute Cyber Monday travel deals.

Air New Zealand leads the parade, with some eye-popping deals that include Los Angeles to New Zealand economy round-trip starting at $735. A roundtrip from Los Angeles or San Francisco to Australia starts at $725, while LA to London starts at $444. If your tastes are more exotic, Los Angeles to the Cook Islands starts at $545.

A last-minute deal just arrived from Fiji Airlines, which is having the biggest Cyber Monday sale ever. The deal: Save up to 56% on economy seats on round-trip flights from Los Angeles or San Francisco to Fiji for $749 and up to 42% on a round-trip from Honolulu to Fiji from $699. The 48-hour sale ends on Tuesday, November 27th.

If you’re a United frequent flyer, today only you can get up to 50% off MileagePlus redemptions with United’s Saver Award sale to Europe. On Cyber Monday, Chase cardholders can get up to 50 percent off and non-cardholders can get up to 40 percent off today only, for travel between January 13, 2019, and March 28, 2019.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has a fare deal they call a “Black Friday” sale but booking extends through November 26, Cyber Monday. Clicking on the “Black Friday” button on the SAS webpage brings up the “low fare calendar.” Deals include one-way flights from Newark to Copenhagen on January 17 or 18, 2019 for $183.40 with a return as low as $214. By contrast, a one-way flight from Newark to Copenhagen just a couple of days later, on January 20 or 21, would cost $713.40.

cheapoair is offering a Cyber Monday sale with up to $60 off their fees with Promo Code CMONDAY. Current deals listed on their site include Fort Lauderdale to Boston in January for $122.40, and Los Angeles to Chicago, (on Spirit) also in January, for $147.37.

If your dream destination is Las Vegas, Vegas.com is offering a Cyber Monday deal where you get "$50 free with every purchase." Customers who book a hotel or show like the by Cirque Du Soleil (starting at $89) or the adult show ZUMANITY (starting at $61) by November 26 get a $50 promo code valid on next purchase.

Alaska Air might be your way to get there. The Alaska Air Cyber Monday Sale starts at $39 one way, which just happens to be Los Angeles to Las Vegas. But with Alaska, you can choose from 1,200 daily flights to 115 destinations in the US, Hawaii, Mexico, and Costa Rica. For example, Los Angeles to Boston one-way starts at $119, while Los Angeles to Los Cabos, Mexico starts at $109.

If you’d rather sail than fly, Cunard has announced Cyber Monday promotions for 2019 voyages on its ships, the Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth. If you book by November 28 (Web Wednesday, perhaps?) you’ll receive a free double upgrade (which Cunard says means guests can sail in a Balcony stateroom for the price of an Inside stateroom) plus free drinks and gratuities in the Princess Grill and Queens Grill Suites.

Passengers of Cunard's Queen Mary 2 ocean liner depart for a day of sight-seeing, in Auckland, New Zealand, on March 4, 2010. Photographer: Brendon O'Hagan/BloombergBLOOMBERG NEWS

Cyber Monday promotions are available on trips like Cunard’s return to Alaska starting in May 2019, with Queen Elizabeth sailing four 10-night Alaska voyages roundtrip from Vancouver, calling in Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan, Sitka, Icy Strait Point and Victoria. Highlights include scenic cruising through the Inside Passage, Tracy Arm Fjord, and Hubbard Glacier. The promotion is also available on Transatlantic Crossings, Asia, Europe, New England, Canada, and even Australia voyages. Fares start at $729 per person. This promotion includes a non-refundable and non-transferable deposit of $100.

Not to be outdone, Princess Cruises lets you dream big while risking little dough. The Princess Cruises Cyber Event (Cyber Monday only) has all destinations on sale with a one-dollar deposit. For upcoming sailings in winter 2018 or spring 2019, Princess is offering a $900 off per stateroom deal.Princess also says that on later-sailing cruises (summer 2019-spring 2020) everyone in a stateroom will receive a free stateroom location upgrade, free gratuities(valued at up to $15.50 per guest, per day) and free onboard spending money, valued at up to $200 per guest.

Hotwire is offering 11% off “Hot Rate” hotels when you use the coupon “CYBERSALE.”

Expedia.com is offering a grab-bag of coupon deals and promotions on hotels, flights, cruises, rental cars, activities and packages Nov. 23 through Nov. 26. The coupons and deals will be refreshed every hour until 6 pm. They include the possibility of $100 off $200 flights, 90% off select hotels in the Expedia app, 50% off standalone hotels and $100 off $1,000 vacation packages.

Need to pack for your newly-scored Cyber Monday trip? Delsey Paris is offering 50% sitewide, plus a purported 25% off when you use code DELSEYCYBER25 on its collection of luggage and carry-ons. Similarly, eBags Cyber Monday deals are up to a claimed 70% off. Today's eBags flash deal is a Samsonite Spinner Underseater with USB port for $59.99, 45% off list price of $109.99.

If you feel more comfortable traveling in a pack, global tour operator Friendly Planet Travel is offering travelers a savings of up to $1,900 per personon tours to over 50 international destinations. The sale starts at 12am ET on Monday, November 26and lasts through 11:59pm Tuesday, November 27. Packages include all airfare, accommodations, most meals, transfers and English-speaking guide. Friendly Planet says prices will range from $1274 to $6649 with the savings.

For example, travelers can save up to $1900 on the 8-day Captivating Cuba package, which includes a tour of the Che Guevara Mausoleum, a visit to a Havana cigar factory and a drive around Old Havana in a vintage car. The package includes round-trip airfare from Miami, seven nights of first-class accommodations, 17 meals, entrance fees, health insurance, a group escort, and local, English speaking guides, for prices starting at $3249 with the savings. Other tours on sale include Highlights of Southern Africa(savings of up to $600), Ecuadorian Amazon Cruise Adventure(savings of up to $800) and Discover Israel(savings of up to $600).

Old but very well preserved American cars in Havana, Cuba. After 1959 Fidel Castro banned imports of foreign cars. (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Getty

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